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A collection of thoughts and questions turned into blog posts
Planon regularly publishes blog posts on topics ranging from workplace management and compliance to the Internet of Things and Building Information Modelling. These quick reads are often educational, occasionally humorous, and always worth your time.
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Blogs | 01/09/2020
In search of an ‘intelligent’ campus
This blog explores the evolution of the smart campus into an intelligent campus and the potential benefits this provides for campus managers.
Learn moreBlogs | 12/19/2019
Smart buildings: It’s still about the people inside
The smartest buildings of the future will be those designed with people in mind. This blog is about the perception of “occupant comfort” as being the most important benefit of implementing smart building technologies.
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Blogs | 03/07/2019
How much value can an IWMS bring to your organization?
Real Estate and Facility Managers are often looking for innovative solutions to optimize their business operations. There are many point solutions on the market, but a prominent solution that every CRE and FM professional should evaluate is an Integrated Workplace Management System.
Learn moreBlogs | 02/28/2019
Looking to the future with computer vision and artificial intelligence
Computer vision is a particularly interesting category of artificial intelligence for facility management. Cameras not only stream images, they are able to augment those video streams with streams of data describing the things that are seen.
Learn moreBlogs | 02/21/2019
If you’re talking to the CFO, be sure you’ve got your numbers
The challenge in creating a business case for IWMS that will appeal to a CFO is in using numbers-based arguments to answer the question “So what?”
Learn moreBlogs | 02/14/2019
An unexpected IWMS implementation is hard to digest
During an IWMS implementation, organizations need successful change strategies to help the organizational structure, culture, and people deal with change.
Learn moreBlogs | 01/31/2019
Build or buy an IWMS?
It's key to determine if you want to create your own CRE and FM processes in an IWMS or if you'd rather opt for a best practice approach with minimal tweaks.
Learn moreBlogs | 01/24/2019
More than numbers: Understanding the value of an IWMS
If you are interested in a high-quality analysis of how to create a numbers-based business case for IWMS, I highly recommend downloading the recent Verdantix report. But there is more to an ROI than financial return.
Learn moreBlogs | 01/17/2019
4 tips for a successful IWMS implementation
One of the most frequently asked questions we hear from companies who are interested in Planon’s IWMS solution is: ‘How do we get it successfully implemented?’ In this blogpost, I share four tips with you to optimize your IWMS implementation.
Learn moreBlogs | 12/20/2018
ERP software vs. IWMS: Do you know the differences?
Both ERP and IWMS solutions strive to reduce costs, integrate business processes, and increase the efficiency of these processes.
Learn moreBlogs | 12/13/2018
ERP software vs. IWMS: best friends or worst enemies?
Integration between ERP and IWMS systems has become the new norm, both supplementing each other with valuable data exchange and cross-functional reporting.
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